Indian Yell

The Heart of An American Insurgency

Baker & TaylorPresents twelve episodes of conflict in the West of the nineteenth century between Americans soldiers and the Indians, providing descriptive portraits of the major participants on both sides and an in-depth analysis of each battle and the insurgent efforts of the Indians.

NBNGrounded in meticulous research and written with an uncanny understanding of the military and of American Indian culture, Blake offers soulful profiles of the participants, both Indian and cavalry. Indian Yell is filled with accounts of harrowing sacrifice and tragic misdeeds of real people-Blake tells of their lives and loves, their bravery, and their shortcomings in a way that lends a new perspective on America's greatest insurgency. Some of the stories are well documented in the annals of history, while others are more abscure. Large or small, Blake weaves them together to show that bitter memories of this war still haunt the American West. These are the struggles that initiated the end of one way of life and the beginning of another; this struggle must not be forgotten.

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This book is amazingly eye-opening. I cried a few times reading it. There's absolutely no way I can go on with my life as it was knowing what I know now about how we treated and still currently treat the Native Americans. What a shame, America! Shame!